: christmas update :

Paul and I had a pretty busy Christmas. It was fun, good, and full of awesome time with family, but it was definitely crazy!!!!

Paul was in the Philippines for the first part of December. He got home...about 12 hours before his family started arriving at our house for the Sutherland family Christmas celebration. We had a blast...everyone was here! Joe and Sue came, Laurie and her daughter, Lindsay, as well as Tim and his boys, Andrew and Clayton. I made lots of cookies, a Pear Asiago Pork tenderloin and even attempted Sue's famous rolls. Not sure I can live up to her reputation, but I gave it a shot!!

On Christmas Eve, we left before any of our company to catch an early morning flight to Colorado to do the Roseen family Christmas. We attended South Park Christian Chapel's Christmas Eve service...it was the Rosy, Francie and Guy show!! We went cross country skiing, checked out the Cottonwood Hot Springs and enjoyed some steak at Quincys...one of my favorite restaurants. We went to Breckenridge, practiced shooting Dad's guns, and spent a lot of time sitting around talking. A very enjoyable holiday.

We left Colorado on December 30, and arrived home at about 11 p.m. that night. By 10:30 the next morning we were on the road to Chicago to celebrate New Year's with the Prosapio's and Timo. I had two weddings to shoot...one on January 2 and one on the 3rd. When we finally got home on the 4th, Paul and I both collapsed in a heap...I'm not sure we've been able to get up yet...;-)

Will try to post some pics soon!! Have been posting a few on the kjp blog if you want to check it out...